NATALIA RAK “BUTTERFLY EFFECT” | MONTANA GALLERY | BARCELONA

Polish artist Natalia Rak’s work embodies a colorful, almost surrealistic reality. With the use of color she dramatizes her pieces in a clashing obscurity. The fine arts graduate has been passionate about painting from a young age, she explored different techniques and media before she found herself in the rush and freedom of street painting. She has been affiliated with graffiti for a couple of years, spreading her strong character across walls all over Europe and the US. Her first solo show at the Montana Gallery in Barcelona, “Butterfly Effect” is a synergy of humor, hyperrealism and heavy mystery. Her work resembles a dark comic book; the details create a reminiscence to a very intimate place between nature and the imaginary, a roll back into childhood imagined scenarios encountered with the sensuality of maturity. —Ivonne Alcántara